Day in Pics: 23rd April

Apr 23, 2014, 08:40 AM IST

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One of the three newest members to the Mystic Aquarium`s African Penguin exhibit dives under the water during the first public appearance at the Mystic Aquarium`s African Penguin exhibit in Stonington, Conn.

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An Indian girl holds a candle during an awareness campaign by Greenpeace activists to save Mahan forest in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, on Earth Day in New Delhi.

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Officers of the Police Pacification Unit patrol next to a burning barricade during clashes at the Pavao Pavaozinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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An older member of the Air Force launches a fire cracker during a protest in La Paz, Bolivia.

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The tip of a Native American prayer stick, is seen near the Capitol dome during a `Reject and Protect` rally by farmers, ranchers and cowboys, and Native Americans to protest against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, in Washington.

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President Barack Obama speaks to first responders, recovery workers and community members at the Oso Fire Department in Oso, Wash., the site of the deadly mudslide that struck the community in March.

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A supporter holds up a cutout with a portrait of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party chief M. Karunanidhi during an election rally in Chennai, India.

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Relatives of a passenger aboard the sunken ferry Sewol weep as they wait for their missing loved one at a port in Jindo, South Korea.

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Protesters shout slogans during a rally at US Embassy against next week`s visit of US President Barack Obama, in Manila, Philippines.

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A member of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi`s National League for Democracy (NLD) party carries a portrait of Win Tin, a senior leader of the party while marching with fellow NLD members to Ye-Way cemetery to attend the funeral of Win Tin in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Secretary of State John Kerry, accompanied by Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, announces the launch of second Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review during a speech at the State Department in Washington.

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Pope Francis waves to faithful as he is driven through the crowd for his weekly general audience, in St. Peter`s Square, at the Vatican.

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King Juan Carlos of Spain, left, Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska, center, and Queen Sofia of Spain pose before the Cervantes Prize award ceremony at the University of Alcala de Henares, Spain.

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Two-yr-old Nalain Aziz, 500th Pakistani patient whose liver transplant was completed by Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, during a press conference of the hospital in New Delhi.

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School children greet Sachin Tendulkar on the eve of his birthday in Moradabad.

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Priyanka Vadra is garlanded during an election campaign for her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in Raebareli.

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Britain`s Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, watch a performance at a skate park, in Adelaide, Australia.

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President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before having dinner at Sukiyabashi Jiro sushi restaurant in Tokyo.

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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi stands along with members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party during the funeral of Win Tin, a senior leader of her party, at Ye-Way cemetery in Yangon, Myanmar.

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Pakistani journalists protest for their colleague Hamid Mir, who was shot and injured by gunmen in Karachi.

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People wearing clothing with the cross of St George dance to music from a band performing on stage during an event to celebrate St George`s Day in Leadenhall Market in the City of London.

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AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal with party leaders during a road show on the way to file his nomination papers in Varanasi.